[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 97 (Wednesday, May 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 27745]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13390]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Meeting

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the organizing meeting of the Ballast 
Water and Shipping Committee of the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task 
Force. Topics to be addressed during the meeting are identified.

DATES: The Ballast Water and Shipping Committee will meet from 10 a.m. 
to 3 p.m. on Thursday, May 28, 1998.

ADDRESSES: the meeting will be held in the first floor conference room 
at the Northeast-Midwest Institute, 218 D Street, SE., Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
LT Lawrence Greene, Ph.D., Committee Chair, U.S. Coast Guard at 202-
267-0500, or Bob Peoples, Executive Secretary, Aquatic Nuisance Species 
Task Force, at 703-358-2025.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act, this notice announces a meeting of the Ballast 
Water and Shipping Committee of the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task 
Force. The Task Force was established by the Nonindigenous Aquatic 
Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990.
    During the meeting, there will be an in-depth discussion of the 
Notice of Proposed Rule Making regarding implementation of the National 
Invasive Species Act of 1996 published by the U.S. Coast Guard in the 
Federal Register on April 10, 1998 (63 FR 17782). The notice addresses 
national voluntary ballast water management guidelines, requirements 
for reporting ballast water exchange, and modifications of Great Lakes 
and Hudson River ballast water management regulations. The meeting will 
conclude with a discussion of future activities and tasks of the 
Committee and tasks to be undertaken by individual members.
    Minutes of the meeting will be maintained by the Executive 
Secretary, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, Suite 851, 4401 North 
Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Virginia 22203-1622, and the Chair, Ballast 
Water and Shipping Committee, Plans and Preparedness Division, Office 
of Response, U.S. Coast Guard (G-MOR-2), 2100 Second Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20593-0001, and will be available for public inspection 
during regular business hours, Monday through Friday, within 30 days 
following the meeting.

    Dated: May 14, 1998.
Gary Edwards,
Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, Assistant Director--
Fisheries.
[FR Doc. 98-13390 Filed 5-19-98; 8:45 am]
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